6-Year-Old Takes Bullets To School

Bus driver finds bullets in 6-year-old's backpack on the way to school

NORTH HAVEN — Police and the state Department of Children and Families are investigating how a 6-year-old from New Haven ended up with two .40-caliber bullets in his backpack.

Police said they were called to the Aces Cooperative School on Mill Road Tuesday morning.

A bus driver heard the 6-year-old boy tell another student that he had bullets in his book bag, police said. The driver stopped the bus, took the bag and found the bullets. The driver checked the student too to make sure he did not have a weapon.

When the bus arrived at the school, the driver turned the bullets over to school administrators, who then called police.